Henry dlietany



H. DlF-FAN'Y. SHAYINGMIHROR AND STAND. APPLICATION rim A'PR- 7, 1919.

" Patented Oct. 18, 1921-.

IN V5 708 A TTORNE Y HENRY DIFFANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHAVING MIRROR AND STAND.

Application filed April 7, 1919.

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DIFFANY, a

. citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving Mirrors and Stands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stands for shaving mirrors which have provisions for the shaving mug and shaving brush.

The object of this invention is to provide a stand of this kind so that the several parts thereof may be readily disassembled and packed in a small case for transportation. A. duction of a stand, which shall be simple and efiective in construction, comparatively inexpensive in cost, and providing means whereby the' support for the shaving mug and brush can be readily secured to or removed from said stand.

Vith this end in view, my invention consists in certain novelties of construction and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claim.

I/Vhile the preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying draw; ings, yet it is to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the improved shaving mirror and stand.

Fig. 2 represents on an enlarged scale, a fragmentary section of the base and upright support. F

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the means for supporting the shaving mug, and

Fig. 4 represents the blank from which the ferrule is made.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

The device is mounted upon a base 1, preferably made of metal or other suitable material of suflicient dimension to form a substantial support for the mirror which is carried by a removable upright 2. Removably Specification of Letters Patent.

further object of this invention is the pros Patented Oct. 18, 1921. Serial No. 287,990.

secured the upper end of the upright 2 1S a seml-clrcular wire frame 3 on the free end of which is pivoted a mirror 4 set in a frame 5 supers'cribing its periphery and made of sheet metal. Two apertured brackets 66, are conveniently secured in any desired manner to the mirror frame 5, designed to receive the free ends of the wire frame, and upon which said mirror is pivotally mounted. The wire frame 3 is preferably made from a single piece of wire bent midway of its length and has secured thereto a ferrule 7 so that when the parallel portions of the wire are inserted in the free end of the upright 2, the ferrule 7 forms a closure for the top of said upright.

The upright in its preferred form consists, preferably, of a tube having a pin or stud 8 secured therethrough, the ends of said pin or stud 8 forming a suitable support for the shaving mug and shaving brush support or bracket 10.

Said bracket, in its preferred form, is made from a single piece of suitable flat sheet metal bent midway of its length to provide an annular receiving member 12 to receive the shaving mug 13. In close proximity to the receiving member 12 the strip is riveted together as at 14 and then provided with a tubular bearing 15. Extending from the tubular bearing the strip is again riveted together as at '16 and 17 and the free ends of said strip are formed into a spring clamp 18 to receive the shaving brush 19.

The bearing 15 of the shaving mug and brush receiving means 10 is provided with two diametrically opposed slots 20-20, to be engaged with the pin or stud 8 and by means of which said receiving element 12 is removably secured to the upright 2.

The base 1 in its preferred form is constructed of sheet metal and provided with a centrally arranged aperture or bearing 21, formed by forcing the metal of the same slightly downwardly. Into this bearing I secure a metallic ferrule 22, preferably slightly tapered, by means of a circumferential head 23, engaging with the under side of the bearing 21, and an outwardly arranged fiange 2 l engaging with the upper surface of the base. Heretofore it has been customary to thread the interior of the engagement for securing the base and upright together.

By dispensing with the screw threads in the base and on the upright and substituting therefor the metallic ferrule 22 which is usually made from a single piece of suitable sheet metal, the blank from which said ferrule is formed being illustrated in Fig.

40f the drawings, I am enabled to reduce cient one, and while I have shown the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications thereof, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made by any skilled mechanic, and such departures from what is herein set forth, I consider within the scope and terms of my claim.

Having-thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a device of the character described, the combination with an apertured base, provided with a downwardly extending bearing, a one piece split ferrule secured within said bearing, said ferrule being provided with an outwardly extending bead to engage with the under side of the bearing, and an outwardly extending'flange, adapted to engage with the upper-side of the base and a mirror supporting upright, one end of which is frictionally secured within said ferrule.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of April, 1919,

, HENRY DIFFANY.

Witnesses;

FREDK C. FISCHER, FERDINAND Now. 

